Jackie Robinson’s Montreal apartment commemorated

MONTREAL
— Dozens gathered on a wet, snowy sidewalk in Montreal to watch as Jackie Robinson’s former apartment was honored by the U.S. government.

American diplomats, including Ambassador David Jacobson, placed a plaque at the home in the city’s Villeray district, where Robinson lived in the summer of 1946 as he prepared to break baseball’s color barrier.

Robinson’s season with the minor league Royals was his final stop before making history the next year with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Officials read a letter from Robinson’s widow, which described how the couple appreciated the welcome in Canada after the way the two were treated in the southern United States.